Darren Garvey

A SEASONED DRUMMER AND PERCUSSIONIST with an obsession for writing and crafting songs, Darren Garvey continues to establish himself as a musical polymath, producer, and idiosyncratic songwriter with heavy-hearted lyrics and clever arrangements. Associated with Chicago's independent music scene since the mid-90s as an active touring and session musician, Garvey joined Elephant Revival in 2016 and relocated to Colorado where he currently resides.  With the band on hiatus Darren has been performing with Daniel Rodriguez, Shook Twins, Bonnie Paine, Courtney Hartman, Steve Poltz, Danny Barnes, We Dream Dawn, John Craigie, and Lindsay Lou. 

AS A MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST Darren writes, arranges, produces, and performs virtually every sound and instrument on his solo recordings and plays a majority of the instruments on the records that he produces.  Garvey has released a handful of albums under his own name that explore his imaginative songwriting and showcase his depth of musicianship, but he is best known for his collaborative projects as a creative and passionate team player.  Darren recently cowrote and produced the single Colorado with Daniel Rodriguez which premiered on Colorado Public Radio and features Andrew Marlin (Mandolin Orange), Daniel McMahon (Miles Nielsen), Natalie Padilla (Masontown), and vocalist Carolyn Hunter.

PRODUCING RECORDS for select bands, Daniel and the Lion's album Death Head caught the attention of Adam Duritz who invited Garvey and the band out on tour with Counting Crows in 2014.  Once again, Darren's production of Elephant Revival bandmate Daniel Rodriguez's debut solo EP Your Heart The Stars The Milky Way helped land Daniel and Darren on The Lumineers 2020 world tour in the US and Canada.  Named a top 20 Colorado release of 2019 by Marquee Magazine, Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers says "it's just got something that you want to hear again, something healing and good at its core."

DARREN HAS BEEN ON TOUR for over two decades with performances at venues such as the Ryman Auditorium, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Hearst Greek Theatre, and Germany’s Rockpalast.  He is a member of Colorado’s transcendental folk darlings Elephant Revival and lives with his wife and two daughters in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Much of Darren’s legacy can be found in the huge fingerprint that he left on the Midwest independent music scene with bands like Cameron McGill & What Army, Andreas Kapsalis Trio, Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts, Daniel and the Lion, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, Like Pioneers, Ernie Hendrickson, Chicago Farmer, and Paper Arrows among others.